Natural Resources SS

Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

All of these resources are renewable EXCEPT:

• Oxygen
• Crude Oil
• Ice
• Corn

Fossil fuels are nonrenewable because...

• they are used to produce heat
• they take a long time to form
• they can be found underground

What does conserving resources mean?

• Use as much of the resources as you can
• Only use the resources at school
• Protecting the resource so it does not run out

A resource that is not easily replaced...

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

Can be replaced within a human lifetime

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

Metals, oils, and gas are nonrenewable resources. One day they could be all used up.

• True
• False

How could you conserve a renewable resource?

• Do not waste water
• Melt aluminum cans to make new ones.
• The graphite made from a non-renewable resource .

Energy from the sun.

• wind
• hydroelectric
• solar
• biofuel